Once you have been arrested for DUI, you are put onto a criminal justice assembly line. The process is intensely unpleasant and it is dehumanizing. There is simply no other way to put it. In all likelihood, even if you are innocent or even if your rights have been violated making your arrest illegal, you are branded a criminal by society. You may face the loss of your job. At this point, you have very few friendly faces to turn to. This is why it is so important to have an attorney to represent you.

The first thing that you need to do is to accept that your DUI charge is not going to go away on its own. You also need to take active steps to understand the issues you are facing. Most importantly, you need to get an advocate to represent you. You will be opposed in the courts by the police and the District Attorney. You may also face pressure from your employer, your family, friends, acquaintances, and pressure groups, such as MADD. The courts are supposed to be impartial, but no judge was ever elected following a campaign pledge to be "soft on crime." The best you can hope for from the courts is that your case will be unremarkable.

You should expect that your DUI will be expensive. Attorney's fees will pale in comparison to what you face in fines, court costs (charged by the county and state -- not by your attorney), increased auto insurance costs, supervision fees, and the myriad other "death by a thousand cuts" nickel and dime charges that get tacked onto your case.

At this point, you need to start dealing with your DUI charge. What should you do first? You should call an attorney immediately. You can set up a free, no-risk consultation by calling Joseph N. Gothie at (717) 848-8455. At that meeting, you can start to get some answers to the questions you may have about the issues involved in your case. From here, you should next read "Meeting with your attorney. "

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